Background: To help design population-based pediatric palliative care services, we sought to describe the hospital care received in the last year of life by children and young adults who died. We also determined the ...

Background: Immigrant children face an increased risk of being overweight. Little is known about how immigrant families perceive school programs that may help prevent obesity, such as walking to school and school ...

Background: Federal nutritional guidelines apply to school foods provided through the national school lunch and breakfast
programs, but few federal regulations apply to other foods and drinks sold in schools (labeled ...

Background: There is limited evidence in preschool children linking media use, such as television/video viewing and computer use, to obesity and adiposity. We tested three hypotheses in preschool children: 1) that watching ...